ICD-11 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 11th Revision)

ICD-11 was presented and approved at the World Health Assembly in May 2019 and will come into effect January 1, 2022. Countries will make their own decisions regarding adoption and timing of implementation.

CIHI is participating in the testing of ICD-11 and assessing the implications for potential implementation in Canada in the following ways:

  • CIHI’s Classifications and Terminologies team is analyzing and identifying potential gaps, issues or improvements that could be made to ICD-11 from a Canadian perspective.
  • We are actively collaborating with WHO by providing input on the content of ICD-11 and its supplemental tools and resources.
  • We are participating in field trial activities, performing gap analysis to ensure that Canadian content is included in ICD-11 and conducting in-house testing using various coding scenarios. 
  • CIHI remains committed to the WHO Collaborating Center for the Family of International Classifications for North America. CIHI staff members serve as voting members on these various committees and reference groups, which meet annually during the WHO-FIC Network meetings.

We will continue to provide updates as they become available, not only on the release of ICD-11 but also on the work we are doing at CIHI to build capacity for using this new classification.

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